How A Simple Red Dot On Your Menstrual Waste Can Change Life Of A Sanitation Worker

PUBLISHED ON: September 21, 2017 | Duration: 3 min, 04 sec

Have you ever given it a thought what happens to you menstrual waste after it is disposed of? Every month more than 1 billion of sanitary waste is being generated and this number is on a continuous rise. The waste mostly ends up going to our choking landfills without any treatment. A special report from SWaCH, a ragpicker organisation from Pune that shows a grim reality of India's ragpicking sector who are forced to handle hazardous menstrual waste on a daily basis.